The Towering Inferno (1974 movie)

Steve McQueen is decidedly unsexy in this movie, which I didn't think was possible.

I love 70's disaster films. It's time for a rewatch.

Dunaway behaved as if she was Acting in a completely different film: The Faye Dunaway Story

YEEOUCH!

I wish they would release some of the other scenes that were shot, but never made the final cut.

There is at least one other scene that is an extra on either the latest Blu-Ray or DVD release. That is a scene of Robert Wagner having a meeting about the upcoming gala where he manages to get the case of wine for the Senator. I think it was to have appeared just before the scene where RW brings the gold scissors into William Holden's office.

There also is a scene where Holden tells the Mayor's group who are about to board the scenic elevator that there are really 3 scene elevators, but only this one is working.

I'd like to see other scenes of Robert Vaughn's the Senator's character.

This is also my favorite of all the 70s disaster movies, a genre I love.

It was not only about an inferno, but one that was actually towering!!!

The biggest laugh is that Robert Wagner would go to bed with Susan Flannery.

The biggest laugh is that Susan Flannery would go to bed with a man.

Seeing a svelte Susan Flannery is a bit jarring. But she did win a Golden Globe for New Star of the Year for her performance, even though she had appeared on Days of Our Lives for a decade prior to joining the Tower cast.

[quote]even though she had appeared on Days of Our Lives for a decade prior to joining the Tower cast.

She didn't just appear on Days. She was essentially the star of the show. Show centered around her character of psychiatrist Laura Horton and the love triangle she was in with brothers Bill and Mickey Horton.

…It’s a big can of Sterno™️!!

I went just to see Jennifer Jones. I thought she was dead already.

It was a horrible movie. So was Earthquake.

"The Towering Inferno has opened just in time to capture the Dumb Whore Award of 1974."

70s disaster films were fun!

Originally it was supposed to be Mrs Mueller (Jennifer Jones) who was supposed to descend the wrecked stairwell with little Angela Allbright on her shoulders.

The final version of the movie had Doug Roberts (Paul Newman) do the deed.

Too bad, I would have liked the original stunt more.

Paul Newman's son Scott Newman played the young fireman who was afraid to rappel down the elevator shaft when the power went out, leaving him with Steve McQueen and other senior fireman stranded on top of a stopped elevator.

Scott's line worrying that he will fall leads to McQueen telling him, "OK. Then you go first. So, if you fall, you don't take any of us with you."

Many good looking men in this film, but I thought Robert Wagner was the hottest. He was smokin!

Faye and Sue Flannery should have swapped roles.

I saw this at a drive-in with my parents and brothers in our big ass station wagon, which was blue with wood panels.

My favorite of the 70s disaster films.

I was traumatized as a kid when Jennifer Jones fell out of the elevator and her body bounced off the side of the building on its way down.

[quote]Dunaway behaved as if she was Acting in a completely different film: The Faye Dunaway Story

No she didn't, r2. It wasn't an acting role, it was a presence role. She had to look beautiful, glamorous and supportive....which she did in spades.

The decor of the top floor ballroom was cheap and tacky, even by 1970s standards.

Fun film-Sheila Matthews ( Irwin Allen’s wife ) as the mayors wife-in pink.

R24 She was also the nurse in The Poseidon Adventure.

[quote]The decor of the top floor ballroom was cheap and tacky, even by 1970s standards.

So was the Oscar-winning song....

Sheila Allen was also the bar owner in "When Time Ran Out".

Told this story before. Thanks to CHILLER I got to meet Leslie Nielsen and as I gave him "The Poseidon Adventure" DVD cover I said, "This is all your fault. if you weren't flirting with the blonde.." and he gave a big laugh and said " Oh no! I take no responsibility for this!". Another year I met Richard Chamberlain and as I gave him the "Towering Inferno" DVD cover I said "This is all your fault! and he laughed and said, "Yes, I guess it is!".

[quote]She had to look beautiful, glamorous and supportive....which she did in spades.

R22's fucking HIIIIIIIIIIIIGH. She chewed so much scenery she could have burrowed her way to safety all the fucking way to the ground.

OP, you gave Steve McQueen top billing. Somewhere he's smiling.

R26 i like this song better than Morning After.

I saw this in a movie theatre with my family in 1974 when I was 8 year old we also saw in 1974 the movie Earthquake in Sensesurround- that scared me a bit but looking back Earthquake is definitely my favorite of the 1970's disaster movies.

[quote]r29 = She chewed so much scenery she could have burrowed her way to safety all the fucking way to the ground

When specifically?

They promised us fire drills

I was in sixth grade when this came out. Even then I swooned over Paul Newman and his handsome son. And sexy stuntman Ernie Orsatti (famous for taking that fall in The Poseidon Adventure). All the death and destruction was truly terrifying, but I went back to the theater to see it a second time.

Wife Sheila appeared in all of Irwin Allen's projects. This was probably her best role, with the most screen time. She was actually a perfectly competent actor (actual praise).

Miss Dunaway never looked better.

The way her gown billows in the wind while she dangles in the scenic elevator is just beautiful.

It's hard to look at this film now in light of 911.